- So, Cindy Sheehan, has decided she’s going to run against Nancy Pelosi. [1] After swearing off the public life, and after swearing off politics, it appears her given word on the subject wasn’t worth the powder to blow up. As I predicted at the time. But perhaps more importantly…. What does it say about the politics of that district, that Pelosi is by far the more reasonable candidate? The press, is busy telling the woman, and the rest of the country, that the lefty bloggers suddenly have an enormous amount of pull. [2] Since she’s been mouthing the same stuff they have, I suppose she figured on capitalizing on that momentum she’s seeing. Trouble is, they’re the only ones she’s been hearing from lately. She apparently hasn’t been hearing from the remainder of the country. I suspect that she, the lefty bloggers, and the rest of the country are all about to get an education on just how wrongly she’s called this one. Like she has, pretty much, everything else.
- I mentioned the dearth of viewership, and the (even for me) startling lack of people showing up to the concerts for “Live Earth” over the past weekend. Today I notice Rasmussen ran a poll [3] yesterday, which pretty much tells the story… nobody bothered because they were skeptical of the motives of the performers. in the poll, only 12% thought global warming was the top issue. Their earlier surveys show a deep division over the causes of “global warming” So, if Al Gore ran all of this nonsense to “raise awareness of the issues”, I’d say offhand it was fairly well successful; they’re quite aware of what Mr. Gore is up to. And they’re not buying it. this is nothing short of huge, my friends; these events have traditionally been ground zero for rabble rousing. If the numbers I’m seeing, both in terms of viewership, and in terms of what the polls are reporting, are to be taken as any candidate indication at all, and I think they are, even the rabble doesn’t trust the Enviro-wackos. in watching the comments sections today in places like Koz and the Democratic Underground, one gets the decided in pressure and that there’s an awful lot of people feeling an awful lot of betrayal on all of this. It’s an interesting process to watch, the awakening… as they come to the realization that they have been sold out for Al Gore and his political power.
- Speaking of such things, I see where the concert in Antarctica met with Billy Beck’s [4] expectations… Too bad they didn’t get Al Gore to fly down there to speak. From what I saw, he’d have gotten a better reception than what he got in Sydney. What a hoot!
- The New York Sun [5], this morning, is reporting that those staffers that were terminated from John McCain’s campaign are probably going to be working for Fred Thompson very shortly. So much for the nonsense that Thompson didn’t have a working campaign on the ground. the only question that I have, is with regards to the views of the candidates. Perhaps this is idealistic of me, but if I have somebody that’s working to make sure someone’s elected, I’d like to believe that that someone believes the person they’re working for would be good for the position, and good for the country. With the two candidates involved in this being of such opposite mind on so many issues, I wonder …
- So, John Conyers has got his mouth running again, and is calling for congressional hearings on presidential pardon powers. He’s bent outta shape about the pardon of Scooter Libby, of course… the guy that represents the sum of the anti-Bush witchhunts for the last eight years. You can certainly understand is anger, if it wasn’t for scooter Levy being convicted, the democrats would have absolutely nothing to show for the last eight years. Even their retaking of Congress, ended up with nothing to show for it. His obvious disdain for the constitution aside, I think it only fair to remind you that Conyers said none were one when Bill Clinton pardoned the acetic Jews who managed somehow to deliver an entire communities votes to Hillary Clinton for the New York senatorial race just couple years ago. Or, when bill Clinton pardoned Porter Rican terrorists who are involved in well over 100 bombings in New York and Chicago . Or, when Bill Clinton party and Mark Rich, who just by a stroke of coincidence happen to be married to a huge Clinton fundraiser. You’ll pardon me for thinking that Conyers’ outrage is selective at least.
- I see Boeing has finally gotten around to unveil in the largest ever commercial plane… the 787 Dreamliner [6]. They’ve got something like 600 orders from customers, already. They’re expecting a test flight in September. As big as these things are, it’ll be interesting to see where they are able to take off and land.
- The Associated Press is reporting [7] a study by the corporation for national and community service, which is a Federal agency, which used census data to determine the share of people sixteen and older who would volunteer their time in the previous year. When you break that dated down, it turns out that the Midwest tops both of the posts for volunteerism. And of course, I respond “Well, no Duh….”. the posts, you see, are essentially a large collection of liberals, who tend not to volunteer. This would be further enhanced by the large surge in volunteerism that occurred during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Conversely, during Carter and Clinton, volunteerism dove, rather dramatically. So much for the idea of conservatives , and their supposed trend of selfishness. This report shows what I’ve always known….that selfishness is a LIBERAL trait.